Maybe you’ve heard: Destiny is about to get a whole bunch of changes. Some of those changes are tied to the upcoming Taken King expansion, but a fair amount of them will happen whether you buy the expansion or not.

In the latest weekly update at the company blog, Bungie has explained a bunch of the new stuff that’ll come with Destiny’s 2.0 “Year Two” update. The update comes out next Tuesday on September 8th, a week in advance of The Taken King, which hits on the 15th.

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Short version, up front: Everyone’s gonna get to try out the new Crucible maps and modes for a week, lots of changes to leveling and economy will go into effect, auto rifles (allegedly) won’t suck anymore, there’ll be new stuff to do and buy in the tower, and players are getting an extra week to get that cool year-one triumphs emblem.

You have one more weekend to experience Destiny as it has existed in Year One. On September 8th, the deployment of Update 2.0 will change the way we play. Next week, we’ll deliver complete patch notes to keep you occupied. Here’s a tactical preview for how things about to change:

Character

Character Level Cap for all players will be raised to 34

Level Cap for The Taken King will be 40

You will be able to level up by gaining XP alone

Character Level and Light are now separate statistics

Your Character Level will be grandfathered into your highest possible

Light Level from all gear in your inventory and vault

Attack and Defense ratings for armor and weapons will be translated to the new systems - their power levels will be unchanged

Grimoire Score has been moved from the Character Nameplate and now displays in the Character Screen

Quests

A Quest Screen will be added to your Menu

Tracks all active Quests

Abandoned Quests can be recovered in the Hall of Guardians

Year One Activities have been converted to the Quest system

Bounties

Bounty slots will be increased to 16

Incomplete Year One Bounties will be auto-abandoned on 09/08 in preparation for launch of The Taken King

Incomplete Year One Exotic Bounties are auto-completed with their respective Vendors

Year One bounties issues by Eris will be retired

Reputation with Crota’s Bane can continue to be earned by completing Quests in The Taken King

Tower

Collections have been added to the Tower

Emblems/Shaders can be found near Eva Lavante

Ships can be found near Amanda Holliday

Exotic Armor and Weapon Blueprint added to the Tower

You will now have the Blueprint for all Exotics you own in your Collection

Report to the Vanguard in the Hall of Guardians

Inventory

Motes of Light will be used to grant XP to Weapons and Armor

Class-specific Armor materials will be deprecated in favor of a unified Armor Material

The Elder Cipher will no longer drop upon completion of the Skolas Challenge Arena in the Prison of Elders. The Exotic items offered with the Elder Cipher will now have a chance to drop from the Prison of Elders Treasure Chest.

What’s going to be required to install the 2.0 update:

If you’re playing Destiny on PlayStation 4 or Xbox One, you’ll need around 18GB of hard drive space free. We recommend turning on any console features that will automatically download game updates, when available.

If you’re playing Destiny on PlayStation 3, you’ll need about 20GB of hard drive space free to download and then install the update. Once the update is fully installed, you will only need around 10GB free.

If you’re playing Destiny on Xbox 360, you’ll need around 10GB of hard drive space free.

You can read more about the Hard Drive Requirements for the Destiny 2.0 update here.

What’s the best way to send off Year One of Destiny:

The Moments of Triumph have been extended to September 14, 2015 at 11:59 PM PDT (6:59 AM UTC). You can check your progress by visiting the Moments of Triumph progress page as part of your Legend.

Remember that your Moments of Triumph are tied to your active character roster. With the new Quest system and 2.0 changes incoming, we understand the appeal to start a new character. However, deleting a character to do so may jeopardize your progress towards the Moments of Triumph. We recommend waiting until you’ve secured your Emblem before deleting any characters that contributed to your Moments of Triumph progress.

Additionally, from September 8 to the 14th, everyone will be able to try out the two new Crucible game modes, Mayhem and Rift, and play on all of the new maps. (After the 14th, the new stuff will only be available to people who bought The Taken King. Crafty.)